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Descendants (2015)

TV Movie  |  TV-G  |   |  Action, Adventure, Comedy  |  31 July 2015 (USA)
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A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the trouble making offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay). Written by Disney

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They're not bad. They're just born that way.


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Descendants - Die Nachkommen  »

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A web show called 'School of Secrets" is featured on the Watch Disney Channel app, taking place at Auradon Prep before the villain kids' arrival. It featured Rapunzel and Flynn/Eugene's daughter Anxelin. See more »

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Mal tells her mother that the coronation is on Friday and Fairy Godmother says Family Day is on a Sunday. Yet during Family Day, Mal refers to the coronation as the next day, a Monday. See more »

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[Freed from the island, Maleficent crashes Ben's coronation]
Maleficent: I'm ba-ack!
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Spoofs Ever After High (2013) See more »

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Set It Off
Performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope, Sarah Jeffery and Jeff Lewis (uncredited)
Written by Sam Hollander, Josh Edmondson, Grant Michaels, Craig Lashley and Charity Daw
Produced by Sam Hollander and Josh Edmondson
Co-Produced by Grant Michaels
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Nostalgia, hit and miss.
1 August 2015 | by (Greece) – See all my reviews

After the promotion this Disney Original Movie got, I had to go on great lengths to watch it.

The movie reminded me a lot of the 90's Disney Originals and held a familiar sensation which I will attribute it to HalloweenTown. The notions were childish and simple but totally in tune with the Disney Originals tradition which can be seen when Magic and Fantasy is involved.

The movie from the perspective of an adult or an overly mature teen might miss the point. Yes, this movie is not great but it managed to convince us that the silliness of the Golden Age of Disney Animation was not forgotten. On the contrary somewhere the Disney villains settled down and had kids. As a 90's kid I have to admit that I feel somewhat satisfied.

The plot is simple and the musical parts were not half bad but will pass with difficulty in the D.O.M. Hall of Fame as High School musical and HalloweenTown did. I believe that Disney could pull off a great series with this material which would have been perhaps hilarious but as a movie it's something less than Cinderella 1997 of Rodgers and Hammerstein but more of the last attempts to follow the last decade's magic/ghost/zombie and vampire trade.

Therefore, if you think about watching it beware. It may seem great and nostalgic but absurd on several points. In my opinion the plot at some points had great thoughts, badly put together but that's just my opinion. Young children and teens will probably like it but their parents will be a tad disappointed. This is an attempt to lure the young generation back to Disney's animation and live action traditions but parents and young adults alike will be emotionally conflicted.


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